About Oxford Chiropractic and Low Back Pain

chiropractic FOR
LOW BACK PAIN

For a
[[chiropractice]] technique that provides
genuine results and
is validated by research on back care, you need
look no further than Cox Technic Flexion
Distraction and Decompression spine manipulation. chiropractic spinal
manipulation is a standard of care for low back pain and leg pain. Its benefits
are well documented in the
literature, and research literature citations are discussed here.

Low Back Pain

First let’s
dicuss
what low back pain entails for you, the
patient. Which of the following do you feel:

Pain
localized to the low back only

Pain
localized to the low back and buttock

Pain
localized to the low back, buttock, and thigh

Pain
localized to the low back, buttock, thigh and leg and even going
down to the foot and toes

Low back pain is often
given the above details, but
these are only variations of what is
commonly referred to as low back pain. It
can be stated precisely that the further the pain goes
down the lower extremity, the more serious the spine problem is, and the
more difficult it is to relieve. The reason being
that with total leg pain -- sciatic nerve pain down
the back and side of the thigh, leg, and bottom of the foot or femoral nerve pain down the front of the groin, thigh, leg
and foot -- there is
irritation of the spinal nerve as it exits the spine in the low back. This is
more complex and nearly always
involves disc herniation or spinal stenosis.

The Patient

First
we will observe the patient who has
only low back pain which could travelspread to the buttock
and thigh but not under the knee.
This condition is greatly thought of as
more responsive to relief.

The Effects of Care

The following
are the changes in the spine that soothe pain when this
form of spinal adjusting is offered:

The
intervertebral disc space is enlarged, that
is, it is increased in height

The
pressure within the intervertebral disc is decreased.

This
decreases the pressure on the nerve it is
compressing.

This
lessens pressure inside the disc stops the nerve
irritation which alleviates low back pain and leg pain.

The
size of the nerve opening within the spinal column, called the foramen, is increased
up to 28% in size.

The
joints of the spine are moved into their typicaly
ranges of motion to regain typically mobility
and freedom of motion without discomfort.

The Benefits of
Conservative, Spinal Manipulation Care for Low Back Pain

Research
literature over the spine keeps
documentation of positive
results of conservative care for low back pain and are
finding that surgery may not always be necessary.

The
United States Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services guidelines state that spinal manipulation is safe and recommended for
acute low back pain. (1)

33%
of 27,810 people chose chiropractics as their treating
physician for low back pain in the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANE). (2)

Epidural steroid injections give short term but not long-term relief of low back
pain. (4)

Spinal cord stimulation is moderately effective for failed back surgery syndrome
with persistent radiculopathy, though device-related complications are
common. (4)

Surgery
for leg pain (radiculopathy) with herniated lumbar disc and symptomatic spinal
stenosis is associated with short-term benefits compared to non-surgical
therapy for low back pain, though the surgical benefits diminish with long-term
follow-up. (4)

For
patients without leg pain (non-radicular back pain), with disc
degeneration, fusion is no more effective than intensive rehabilitation, but
associated with small to moderate benefits compared to standard non-surgical
therapy. (4)

Recorded
Results of Cox Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression For
Low Back Pain

A
study of 1000 patients with low back and lower extremity pain treated with Cox
Flexion Distraction and Decompression spinal manipulation by
30 chiropractic physicians is shown in the following
chart. Note that different diagnoses of low back and leg
pain are given such as sprain/strain,
spondylolysis, etc., and each of these diagnosed
conditions are described elsewhere in this website as to their diagnosis and
treatment.

The
amount of visits and days to attain relief
of these conditions, regardless of the individual diagnosis, was found.

In
a comparison study of Cox Flexion Distraction and Decompression spinal
manipulation to active exercises for chronic low back pain with and without
lower leg pain (sciatica), a total of 235 subjects were studied; 123 were
assigned to Cox Flexion Distraction and 112 to active trunk exercise protocols.

Subjects
randomly allocated to the flexion distraction group had significantly greater
relief from discomfort than those allocated to the
exercise program.

Subjects
categorized as chronic, with moderate to severe symptoms, improved most with
the Flexion Distraction protocol.

Applying
axial distraction to the spine is shown to lower disc stress on the anulus and nucleus. This is anticipated to decrease
the compressive disc stresses in back pain. (10)

Why you
should Try Conservative Care for Low Back Pain Before Surgery

95%
of patients with low back pain and leg pain will be rid of it
by 1 to 12 months with non-surgical care. (9)

A
trial of conservative non-operative care is encouraged
before surgery for patients with lumbar disc herniation. 95% of low
back pain and leg pain patients are well in a time period of one to 12 months
without surgery. (11)

A comparison
of surgically treated with non-surgically treated patients with
chronic low back pain of 349 chronic low back pain patients aged 18-55 years presented
no evidence that surgery was any more beneficial than intensive rehabilitation.
Surgery cost more, had potential risks, and was not cost effective. (12)

Financial
and clinical result comparisons of chiropractic versus medical
care for low back and leg pain showed that chiropractic care is money saving when care
extends beyond primary care. (13)

Spinal manipulation gave
better short and long-term functional
recovery as well as more pain relief in the follow-up than
either back school or individual physiotherapy in a study of 210 patients with
chronic, non-specific low back pain.

Spinal manipulation was associated with higher functional [[improvement/recovery]108]
and long-term pain relief than back school or individual physiotherapy.

Spinal
manipulation provided better short and long-term functional
improvement, and more pain relief in the
follow-up than either back school or individual physiotherapy. (14)

Traction
with relatively low magnitude was found to have significant beneficial effect
in maintaining disc height of degenerated disc. (15)

Lumbar
fusion for disc degeneration, herniation with or without radiculopathy is
associated with significant increases in disability (11%
of fusion vs 2% for non-surgical), opiate use (by 41%
after surgery with 76% continued to use opioids after surgery), work
loss (1140 days for fusion vs 316 days), reoperation (27%
needed another surgery), and poor return to work status (26%
of fusion vs 67% non-surgical were back at work 2 years later). (16)

Second opinions by spine surgeons for a recommended back surgery show
that 60.7% were “not needed,” 33.3% were “wrong,” and only 6% were “right.” (22)

Conclusion

Up to 60 and 80% of all health-care consulting patients will continue to have pain after year. Some say that 90% of
back and leg pain patients will be well in 90 days if no
treatment is administered. This simply is not true
as research shows that a third to 72% of
them will have pain a year later. Chiropractic treatment isnecessary and recommended (21). Conservative,
chiropractic care has a spot in healthcare for
effective, cost-effective,
proven treatment for low back pain relief.
Schedule an appointment with Satterwhite Chiropractic to set up
your Oxford chiropractic strategy now.

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